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Historical Event on 1/1/1995
This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1997 | Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 1/23/1997 | Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
| 8/13/1963 | Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
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